If you could be a little more specific about what you want the console to be able to do you'll get much better responses. How many lights? All conventional lights? Intellingent gear? add as much detail as possible about specific intelligent gear.
There have been several threads about low end consoles so do some searching. NSI has it's fans and sworn enemies around here. Jands products seem to be looked on favorably. What about a Zero88 products?
Don't forget that
ETC and
Strand both have lower end products. They might be out of your price range but worth taking a look. The new ETC Smartfade and Smartfade ML are both pretty slick and there's also the Strand 100, 200, and 301.
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